Ambrosian chant

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Ambrosian chant is a liturgical plainchant tradition of the Western Christian Church, distinct from Gregorian chant and historically linked to the Milanese rite.

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Surface form Occurrences
Sarum chant 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western Christian chant
liturgical music
plainchant tradition
associatedWith Archdiocese of Milan
Milan
associatedWithSaint Ambrose of Milan
surface form: Saint Ambrose
centerOfTradition Milan Cathedral
churches of the Ambrosian Rite
developedFrom early Western Christian chant
distinctFrom Gregorian chant
Mozarabic chant
Old Roman chant
Gregorian chant
surface form: Roman chant

Ambrosian chant self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sarum chant
ecclesiasticalAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
function liturgical worship
prayer
geographicOrigin Milan
geographicRegion Northern Italy
hasGenre antiphons
hymns
mass ordinaries
mass propers
psalmody
responsories
hasType Mass chant
Office chant
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages
influenced later Western chant traditions
influencedBy early Milanese liturgical practice
language Latin
liturgicalFamily Latin liturgical tradition
liturgicalUse Liturgy of the Hours
surface form: Divine Office

Mass
musicalTexture monophonic
namedAfter Ambrose of Milan
notationType neumatic notation
partOf Western plainchant
performancePractice unaccompanied vocal music
preservedIn medieval chant manuscripts
religiousTradition Christianity
scaleSystem modal
styleCharacteristic limited use of melismas
relatively free rhythm
syllabic and neumatic settings
survivesIn contemporary Ambrosian liturgy
usedInRite Ambrosian Rite

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Ambrose of Milan associatedWith Ambrosian chant
Ambrosian chant distinctFrom Ambrosian chant self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sarum chant
Ambrosian Rite hasComponent Ambrosian chant
Ambrosian Rite hasLiturgicalFamily Ambrosian chant